Baburam Ghosh came to Dakshineswar accompanied by Rakhal, his classmate.
The Master, as was often his custom, examined the boy's physiognomy
and was satisfied about his latent spirituality. At the age of eight Baburam
had thought of leading a life of renunciation, in the company of a monk,
in a hut shut out from the public view by a thick wall of trees. The very
sight of the Panchavati awakened in his heart that dream of boyhood.
Baburam was tender in body and soul. The Master used to say that he was
pure to his very bones. One day Hazra in his usual mischievous fashion
advised Baburam and some of the other young boys to ask Sri Ramakrishna
for some spiritual powers and not waste their life in mere gaiety and merriment.
The Master, scenting mischief, called Baburam to his side and said:
"What can you ask of me? Isn't everything that I have already yours? Yes,
everything I have earned in the shape of realizations is for the sake of you
all. So get rid of the idea of begging, which alienates by creating a distance.
Rather realize your kinship with me and gain the key to all the treasures.